Neuropathic Pain: The Sea Provides A New Hope Of Relief
Wednesday, August 5, 2009 - 09:35
in Biology & Nature
A compound initially isolated from a soft coral collected at Green Island off Taiwan, could lead scientists to develop a new set of treatments for neuropathic pain -- chronic pain that sometimes follows damage to the nervous system. Currently this form of pain is very poorly controlled by the usual analgesics and novel treatments are urgently required.